Northern Premier League 1971-72
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The 1971–72 Northern Premier League season was the 4th in the history of the Northern Premier League
, a football competition in England
.
1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.
2 The points system up until the 1982-83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
nor automatically promoted. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated, but Chorley and Kirkby Town left the League at the end of the season. They were replaced by newly-admitted Mossley and Barrow
, who had just left Football League Division Four.
:
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League, is one of the regional English football leagues which sits directly below the Football Conference featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs. Geographically, the league covers all of Northern England, and the northern areas of the Midlands. Originally just one...
, a football competition in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Final table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv 1 | Pts 2 | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers F.C. Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts... |
46 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 91 | 32 | 2.84 | 71 | |
| 2 | Boston United Boston United F.C. Boston United Football Club are an association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. They currently play in the Conference North. The club is known as 'the Pilgrims' in reference to the Pilgrim Fathers, who fled from Boston to the USA and founded Boston, Massachusetts. The club's... |
46 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 87 | 37 | 2.35 | 69 | |
| 3 | Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic F.C. Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW... |
46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 70 | 43 | 1.63 | 64 | |
| 4 | Scarborough Scarborough F.C. Scarborough Football Club was an English football club based in the seaside resort of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. They were one of the oldest football clubs in England, formed in 1879, before they were wound up on 20 June 2007, with debts of £2.5 million.In the 2006–07 season... |
46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 75 | 46 | 1.63 | 57 | |
| 5 | Northwich Victoria Northwich Victoria F.C. Northwich Victoria Football Club are an English football club who play at the Victoria Stadium in Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier of the English football league system.Northwich are an old club, founded in 1874 and named in honour of... |
46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 65 | 59 | 1.10 | 54 | |
| 6 | Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town F.C. Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium... |
46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 61 | 50 | 1.22 | 51 | |
| 7 | Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity F.C. Gainsborough Trinity Football Club are an English football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.Between 1896 and 1912 they were members of the Football League. They are currently in the Conference North, and play their home matches at The Northolme, which has a capacity of 4,304... |
46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 93 | 79 | 1.18 | 51 | |
| 8 | South Shields South Shields F.C. South Shields F.C. are a football club based in South Shields, England. They have a long and complicated history, with three distinct incarnations taking the name... |
46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 75 | 57 | 1.32 | 50 | |
| 9 | Bangor City Bangor City F.C. Bangor City Football Club are a semi-professional Welsh football club from the City of Bangor. The club compete in the Welsh Premier League, being ever present since the league was founded in 1992.... |
46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 93 | 74 | 1.26 | 48 | |
| 10 | Altrincham Altrincham F.C. Altrincham Football Club is an English association football club from Altrincham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Conference North, having been relegated from the Conference National at the end of the 2010–11 season.-History:... |
46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 72 | 58 | 1.24 | 47 | |
| 11 | Skelmersdale United Skelmersdale United F.C. Skelmersdale United F.C. are a football club from Skelmersdale, West Lancashire competing in the Northern Premier League Division One North. The club is a member of both the Liverpool F.A. and the Lancashire County Football Association.-The first 75 years:... |
46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 61 | 58 | 1.05 | 47 | |
| 12 | Matlock Town Matlock Town F.C. Matlock Town F.C. is an English football club based at Causeway Lane in Matlock, Derbyshire.-History:The club was established in the late 1870s and have competed in the Central Alliance and the Midland Counties League before reaching the Northern Premier League.In the 1974–75 season the club won... |
46 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 67 | 75 | 0.89 | 47 | |
| 13 | Chorley Chorley F.C. Chorley Football Club are a football club from Chorley, Lancashire, England. They were founded as a rugby union club in 1875 but switched to football in 1883. They have reached the FA Cup second round twice in 1986–87 and 1990–91. Their best performance in the FA Trophy was in 1995–96 when they... |
46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 66 | 59 | 1.12 | 46 | Relegated to the Cheshire County League Cheshire County League The Cheshire County League was a football league founded in the north west of England in 1919, drawing its teams largely from Cheshire, surrounding English counties and North Wales.... |
| 14 | Lancaster City Lancaster City F.C. Lancaster City F.C. is an English football club based in Lancaster, Lancashire. The club are currently members of Northern Premier League Division One North and play at Giant Axe.-History:... |
46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 85 | 84 | 1.01 | 44 | |
| 15 | Great Harwood Great Harwood F.C. Great Harwood F.C. was an English football club based in Great Harwood, Lancashire. Their colours were red and white, and they played at the Showground.-History:The club was founded in the 1880s. In 1908 the joined Division Two of the Lancashire Combination... |
46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 60 | 74 | 0.81 | 44 | |
| 16 | Ellesmere Port Town Ellesmere Port Town F.C. Ellesmere Port Town F.C. were an English football club from the town of Ellesmere Port, The Wirral.-History:The club was originally formed in 1924 as Ellesmere Port F.C. and joined the Cheshire County League. After three season, in which they finished bottom twice, the club folded. They reformed as... |
46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 67 | 71 | 0.94 | 43 | |
| 17 | Morecambe Morecambe F.C. Morecambe Football Club is an English football club based in Morecambe, Lancashire. It plays its football in League Two, the fourth division of English football, having been promoted in 2007 for the first time in their history to the Football League. They played their home matches at Christie Park... |
46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 51 | 64 | 0.80 | 40 | |
| 18 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 54 | 71 | 0.76 | 39 | |
| 19 | Netherfield Kendal Town F.C. Kendal Town F.C. is an English football club based in Kendal, Cumbria. The club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League and play at Parkside.-History:... |
46 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 51 | 73 | 0.70 | 37 | |
| 20 | Fleetwood Fleetwood Town F.C. Fleetwood Town F.C. is an English football club based in Fleetwood, Lancashire. They currently play in the Conference National having been defeated in the Conference National play-off semi-final by AFC Wimbledon in the 2010–11 season.-History:... |
46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 43 | 67 | 0.64 | 37 | |
| 21 | South Liverpool South Liverpool F.C. South Liverpool F.C. are a football club from Liverpool, England. They are currently in the West Cheshire Amateur Football League and play their home matches at Jericho Lane. The club's colours are white shirts, black shorts and red socks.-First incarnation:... |
46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 61 | 73 | 0.84 | 36 | |
| 22 | Runcorn | 46 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 48 | 80 | 0.60 | 30 | |
| 23 | Goole Town | 46 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 51 | 97 | 0.53 | 28 | |
| 24 | Kirkby Town | 46 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 38 | 104 | 0.37 | 24 | Relegated to the Lancashire Combination Lancashire Combination The Lancashire Combination was a football league founded in the North West of England in 1891–92. It absorbed the Lancashire League in 1903. In 1968 the Combination lost five of its clubs to the newly formed Northern Premier League... |
1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.
2 The points system up until the 1982-83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
Promotion and relegation
In the fourth season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams were put forward for election to the Football LeagueThe Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
nor automatically promoted. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated, but Chorley and Kirkby Town left the League at the end of the season. They were replaced by newly-admitted Mossley and Barrow
Barrow A.F.C.
Barrow A.F.C. are an English football club founded in 1901 based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. Following promotion at the end of the 2007–08 season, they currently play in the Conference National. The club spent over fifty years in the Football League between 1921 and 1972, and have...
, who had just left Football League Division Four.
Cup Results
Challenge CupNorthern Premier League Challenge Cup
The Northern Premier League Challenge Cup is a knock-out cup competition organised by the Northern Premier League....
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- Wigan Athletic 4-2 agg. Gainsborough Trinity
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
- Wigan Athletic bt. Stafford Rangers